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TALTER LEE GIBSON, OF TURNBULL, ASSIGNOR OE ONEHALE TO SAMUEL H. RAY, OFTITUSVILLE, FLORIDA.

TWlNE-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,812, dated July 28,1891.

Application filed January 5, 1891. Serial No. 376,724. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WALTER LEE GIBSON, of Turnbull, in the county ofBrevard and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Finger-Rings with Knife Attachments, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to finger-rings with knife attachments for use bysalesmen in stores and others for cutting twine and various otherpurposes.

The invention consists in a linger-ring of this description of specialconstruction as regards its `knife attachment and means for operatingthe knife, substantially as hereinafter described, and more particularlypointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.-

Figure l represents a face view of a fingerring with knife attachmentembodying my invention, the knife in this and the three nextsucceedinggnresbein g represented as closed. Fig. 2 is a side view ofthe same; Fig. 3, a rear View thereof; Fig. Ll, a plan view; andFig. 5is a side View representing the knife as open and showing the ring asfitted on the foreinger of a hand and the thumb of the hand as appliedin keeping the knife open.

A indicates the finger-ring, which is made of proper width for the knifeattachment and of any suitable metal or material. The knife attachmentoccupies the position of a setting on the ring and in a measure, whenthe blade is closed, represents the figure of a cross. The knife is aminiature pocket one, and when the blade l), which should be made ofsteel, is closed it shuts down within a slotted or recessed case c afterthe fashion of an ordinary pocket-knife, said knife being in crosswiserclation with the ring as distinguished from one having a curved bladearranged to shut down Within a recess in and in line with the peripheralbody of the ring, the case c of the knife in my device projecting infront of the ring.

The ring A, with its knife attachment, is usually designed to be :fittedon or over the forefinger of the hand, with its knife on topf;

but it may be used, if required, on any of the other fingers.

Finger-rings with the attachment may be made for special use either onthe right or left hand and of any desired size.

The blade Z9 of the knife is litted to its case or setting c, so thatwhen said blade is thrown open it is done by only moving through thequarter of aeircle or thereabout, and its back end bears down or restson the upper portion of the case, as shown in Fig. 5. The piu or rivet(l, Which unites the blade with the case and is fast to the blade,extends across and beyond both sides of the slotted portion of the casewhich receives the blade, and has a spiral spring c applied to its oneend operating to close the blade, while the other end of said pin isextended and bent to conform to the curvature of the ring, forming acrank CL', so that when the blade is closed said crank willcircumferentially hug or lie close to the ring toward the palm of thehand on the iinger of which the ring is fit-ted.

Vhen the ring is applied to the foreinger of the hand, as shown in Fig.5, the blade b is opened against the tension of its closing-spring' e bymanipulating the thumb f of said hand to raise the crank d in a forwarddirection till the blade sits down at its back end. on the case and isheld there by the pressure of the thumb on the crank While the blade isin use for cutting; but so soon as the thumb is removed frorn the crankthe spring e closes the blade and holds it shut in the case safe fromscratching the face or other hand of the operator or otherwise doinginjury.

This finger-ring with knife attachment may not only be used for cuttingtwine, but also for starting to rip cloth, cutting button-holes, rippingseams, opening envelopes, cleaning finger-nai ls, assisting in peelingfruit, andfor various other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, whatl claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- 9 5 l. In a finger-ring having a knifeattachment, the combination, with the ring, of an attached knife-casearranged to project at right angles or thereabout in front of the ring,and with the blade of the knife pivoted ICO at or near its rear endWithin said ease and adapted to open therefrom and when opened toproject in aposition at right angles or thereabout to the case,substantially as described.

2. In a iinger-ring having a knife attachment, the combination, with thering, of au attached knife-case arranged to proj ect at right angles orthereabout in front of the ring, a blade pivoted at or near its rear endWithin said case, adapted to open therefrom, and when opened to projectin a position at right angles or thereabout to the case, ya pin or pivot'fast to the blade, uniting the blade to the case, and constructed atits one end to forni a crank \vhich,Wl1en the blade is closed, hugs orlies close to the ring circumferentially, and a springadaptedto closethe blade, substantially as shown and described.

VALTER LEE GIBSON. lVitnesses:

Il. F. ATKINSON, S. F. GRAY.

